2011 World Series of Poker

Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$648,880
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$4,118,400
Total Entries
4,576
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 4,576

When You're Hot, You're Hot

We came into a hand where our overnight chip leader Paul Volpe was putting some big money into the pot.

An under-the-gun player raised it up to 2,400 preflop and was re-raised by Paul Volpe in the small blind up to 7,300. The player called and the two saw the {q-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts} flop. Volpe led out with a bet of 9,200 and his opponent tanked for nearly five minutes before finally calling. The turn came {2-Diamonds} and and Volpe pushed all in which put his opponent all in for his last 20,000 or so. The player instantly called and showed {8-Spades}{8-Clubs} for the flopped set. Volpe was behind with {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}, but the river was what he was looking for as the dealer peeled off the {k-Diamonds} to give Volpe a better set and the win.

Volpe told us he lost a set over set hand earlier in the level to drop him to 100,000 or so, but now he is back up to around 140,000.

Tags: Paul Volpe